Offseason Deals and Rumors

[PepperJack]

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The Rangers will designate infielder Adam Rosales for assignment, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports via Twitter.

[PepperJack]

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The Athletics will designate Michael Taylor for assignment, Taylor told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link). The move comes as no surprise, as it was reported on Thursday that Taylor would not make the club and he is out of options.

[PepperJack]

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11:20am: The Red Sox have released pitcher Francisco Cordero, tweets Tim Britton of the Providence Journal. The move was expected after GM Ben Cherington said this morning that Cordero would not make the roster and was not expected to accept a minor league assignment.

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The Royals have released Ramon Hernandez at the catcher's request, tweets Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star. Hernandez had already opted out of his contract, so the move is really a formality.

[_Sir_Charles_]

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Rosales might be a decent guy to stash in AAA. Pretty versatile and that's something that's obviously lacking currently in the upper minors for us (outside of no-bat Negron).

~edit~ Oh my. Scratch that. I hadn't seen what he'd done the past couple seasons. Yikes.